Politifact.com: Statements from Sarah Ponderhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/sarah-ponder/Statements from Sarah Ponder reviewed by Politifact.comen-usWed, 03 Jul 2013 14:58:02 -0400Sarah Ponder:
Says $800,000 cost of Texas special legislative session would pay for 1.6 million condoms, 90,000 months of the pill or 20 full-time sexual health educators.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/jul/03/sarah-ponder/austinite-says-800000-cost-special-session-could-p/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Austinite says $800,000 cost of special session could pay for 1.6 million condoms, 90,000 months of the pill or 20 sexual health educators
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<p> Amid thousands of protesters at the Texas Capitol, Sarah Ponder of Austin carried a sign with a financial comparison: &quot;$800,000: 1.6 million condoms, 90K months of the pill, 20 full-time sexual health educators or 1 medically unnecessary &amp; hypocritical special session,&quot; it read. The July 1, 2013, rally took place the first day of the 2013 Legislature&rsquo;s second special session, called by Gov. Rick Perry after a filibuster and demonstrators kept legislation restricting abortions from winning final Senate approval. Ponder, who works for an education technology company, said she wanted to show that the money likely to ...</p> <a href="/texas/statements/2013/jul/03/sarah-ponder/austinite-says-800000-cost-special-session-could-p/">>> More</a>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:58:02 -0400http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/jul/03/sarah-ponder/austinite-says-800000-cost-special-session-could-p/